Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-20

FROM the Haltfuofe sun,
The Richmond 4 West Polnt Terminal &
Warehouse company modestly contents It.
self as yet with designation derived from
a short line OF road extending from Rich.
mond 10 West Point, on the York river, aud
the terminal facilities at the latter point, but
as 1t some time ago added the Georgia Pacific
to the Richmond a DanNille system, which
1t was organized in 1850 20 control, aud has
now taken steps To acquire control Of the
great East Tennessee, Virginia 4 Georgia
system, it Is fast becoming a monster corpora.
tiun, rivailug IN tha extent OF Its mileage the
largest railroad combinations of the I nited
States lts charter authorizes 1t "to change
its name when desired" to "Richmond. Dan.
vile a southern railroad company" aud
now that the ideas ot its founders have been
approximately realized the more descriptive
name Will doubtless after no long time, ba
assumed. The kiChmoud a Dauville sys.
tenn has mileage OF g,i2I miles, extending
from Alexandria Va, To Atlanta, Gs, and
thence l65 miles further over the Georgia
Pacific which 1t controls, to Birmingham,
Ala, the great coal, iron and limestone
centre Of the Gult states. Connections are
had st that city with New Orleans Nicks-
burg and other SOuthw esteru points The
branches Of the through line are these
The road from Richmond TO tidewater at
West Point y road extending from Greens.
borough, y, G., on the main line $50 miles TO
GoldshorouSh road running west from
Salisbury 100 miles 10 Point Rock, Tenn, on
the East Tennessee, Virginia n Georgia
Besides these there are other short branches
reaching points in North Carolina and South
Carolina, among them some that give access
| 10 sources of traffic like Charleston and Au.
gusta- The new acquisition, the East Ten
ueSsee, Virginia & Georgia adds ~ miles
| 10 the Richmond a DAuville system aud
gives 1t im portAnt outlets upOu the Atlantic
aud the Mississippi beginning at Bristol,
"A 4rsta lN% Fn
main line extends soUthwestsriy 24Z miles 10
Chattanooga and thence over the old Mem
| phis a Charleston road so miles to Menu
| phtS From Cleveland, Tenn, -1 miles east
| Of Chattanooga, a branch stretches southwest
| ST miles to Meridian, Miss. Another branch
! extends from the main line 55S' miles to-
| ward the southeast, aud traverslug RCme,
| Atlanta and Macon reaches the Atlantic At
Brunsvich, Ca Connections give the
| system share Of the business
| with Florida and the Southwest
| Whether for purposes OF traffic IN
| Southern staples or iOr big operations in
| Wall street. the System OF ll9 miles, a. 1t
| exists to-day, presents certainly msguiuceut
| scope ior the energies OF its owners But
| further additions are said 70 be contemplated.
| The Norfolk Il Western, road l0s miles
| long extending from Norfolk 70 Bristol, will
| almost inevitably, Il il asserted. fall into the
hands Of the Richmond & Danvi,le, unless
the owners Of the Norfolk ~ Western, car.
| ryiug out project they are said 10 have in
| mind, build themselves q connection west.
ward from Bristol 10 the ErlanEer sys-
| tenn. The Shenandoah Valley railroad, " hitch
| extends - miles from usgerstCwu, Md,
70 Roanoke City, point on the Norfolk s
Western, il Interested IN this projected eX-
tension, InasmUCu As without II It's southern
terminus Will be IN the air. The logic OF
the situation, however IL is held among rail
road men, points to the absorption of both
the Norfolk IS Western and the Shenandoah
Valley In the Richmond Il Dsuville sys,
tenn. Such absorption is not necessary to
the last mentioned company, As II has al
outlet, rs already stated, from the East Ten,
nessee, Virginia a Georgia eastward
| through North Carolina to its main line, but
possession OF the Norfolk and W estern would
nave distinct advantages, should the y or.
| folk n Western and the Shenandoah Val
ley roads have the fate marked out for them
the Richmond AZ pAuville system will con
troll, 1t is estimated, more miles Of road than
are embraced in the entire Peuusylyanig
system, and several hundred miles NOR,
than are contained in the Vanderbilt system
with all is branches. Under strict enforce
| ment Of the int Tst8ts commerce act suCt
combinations are not, perhaps to he reCk
Oned as wholly inImicsl to the interests O
the South, though they seem to be initiated
! Tor the most part by spectators 20 facilltst,
the manufacture OF new securities % ganbli
, | with in Wall street